Mayor of the 3rd arrondissement since 1995, Pierre Aidenbaum is an authentic child of the Marais: he grew up and lived in the 3rd and 4th arrondissements, attended their various schools, then established his business (an accessories store: hats, small leather goods, umbrellas) in the neighborhood. This is where his legitimacy as a local elected official comes first.
Added to this are the two major projects of his successive mandates. “Two successes” he rightly says. The first is to have resurrected the Enfants Rouges market by capitalizing on the mobilization of the neighborhood's residents who opposed the crazy project of its predecessor, namely transforming the oldest covered market in France into a parking lot!
The second is the rehabilitation of the Carreau du Temple. Built for the first Paris Fair in 1904, it is today a cultural venue which hosts fifty associations and important artistic or promotional events.
For Marais Mood, Pierre Aidenbaum recalls his Marais childhood. A real memory machine.
D’OTHER LOVERS OF THE MARAIS
A meeting with the philosopher Charles Pépin
Philosopher, writer, successful author, professor at Sciences Po and at the Lycée de la Légion d'Honneur, Charles Pépin, who bears a royal first name twice, logically lives in the former district of Charles V, i.e. -say in the Marais. For having traveled up and down (“It’s by walking…
Librairie 0fr., the temple of “cool”
The Ofr bookstore. is so open to the world that it spills onto the sidewalk. Rue Dupetit-Thouars, the books spread out on the tables on either side of the entrance give an idea of what awaits customers behind the window: ultra-trendy fashion magazines, design magazines...
Emily in Paris… and Bruno in the Marais!
In Emily in Paris, he is Luc, the kindly “nerdy” colleague of the American heroine of the Netflix series. A specimen of Parisian hedonist who explains to young Emily, newly arrived in a luxury marketing agency in the capital, the codes of the world of work in France...
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THE MOOD MARSH
Divine brunch at the foot of Notre-Dame
Of course, officially, it is not the Marais. But at Son de la Terre, a barge recently moored at the Montebello quay (5th), the 4th arrondissement is in sight. Moreover, this one is incredible: on one side, it is Notre-Dame flooded with sunlight; on the other, the quays, the book sellers, the walkers, the joggers.
Saka, a cocktail bar like in Tokyo
Here is an address which gives the measure of the transformation of the Marais. And it's enough to silence the grumpy people whose mantra is: “It was better before…” No, everything was not better “before” in the Marais. Besides, there was no American bar like Saka, which cultivates a form of excellence that can only be found in Japan.
Jazz at 38Riv: The highlights of May
The only jazz club in the Marais, 38Riv is the temple of cool and swing. Rue de Rivoli, between Saint-Paul and Hôtel de Ville, its vaulted cellars are the home base of the new jazz scene. Every evening, the magic happens.